Largest Predator Dinosaur Is Unveiled

Scientists unveiled the reconstructed skull of the largest species of meat-eating dinosaur ever found. The dagger-toothed dinosaur, named Giganotosaurus carolinii, was an estimated 45-47 feet long and weighed 7.7-8.8 tons when it lived some 97 million years ago, said its discoverer, Argentine paleontologist Rodolpho Coria. The first reconstruction of the beast’s 6-foot-long skull was unveiled at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, a pioneering institution of dinosaur research. The entire reconstructed skeleton will go on display at the academy June 13. Discovery of the dinosaur’s remarkably complete skeleton near a lake in western Argentina was announced in 1995 by Coria.